From as far back as the 1749 birth of Bennett Belieu, this family surname has been both Belieu and Ballew. Jasper Newton Ballew's family surname in federal military records is Ballew.

Jasper Newton Ballew was the son of Jesse Green Belieu and Catherine Munn. Jesse married 2nd Martha Ann (nee Hubbard) Drinkard 13 Aug 1848 in Grundy Co., MO.

Jasper married first ca. 1856, most likely in Grundy Co., MO Margaret Unknown, and they had a son, John Ballew, born ca. 1858 in MO. They were counted on the 1860 Washington, Grundy Co., MO census. The status of his 1st wife and child after 1860 is unknown to me.

Jasper enlisted for a period of three years on 1 Aug 1862 in Grundy Co., MO. He served as a Pvt. in the American Civil War in Co. D, 6th Missouri Cavalry, CSA. He filed for his pension in 1901 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co. AR.

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865

Name Jasper N Ballew

Enlistment Date 1 Aug 1862

Enlistment Rank Private

Muster Date 1 Aug 1862

Muster Place Missouri

Muster Company D

Muster Regiment 6th Cavalry

Muster Regiment Type Cavalry

Muster Information Enlisted

Side of War Confederacy

Survived War? Yes

Additional Notes He applied for an Arkansas pension in 1901; his widow, Emma, applied in 1936 from Pulaski Co., AR

How did a man who lived in Grundy Co., MO know a woman who lived in Dallas Co., AR?

Jasper married 2nd Martha Ann "Mattie" (nee Simmons) McDonald, widow of Andrew Jackson "Andy" McDonald, who while serving as a Sgt. in Co. B, 11th Arkansas Infantry, CSA was captured and held prisoner at Island 10. Andy died 10 May 1862, and he was buried in a Confederate mound in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., IL.

Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957

Dallas County

14 Jun 1865

J. N. Ballew, 25 of Missouri

Martha A. McDonald, 21 of Dallas County

Jasper and Mattie's children were:

John William Ballew

Laura Jane (nee Ballew) House - FAG #25471950

Joseph Henry Ballew - FAG #7106677

Catherine "Katy" L. Ballew, born ca. 1876 Hurricane (Collegeville), Saline Co., AR

Martha Ann "Mattie" (nee Simmons) McDonald Ballew died 3 Aug 1894.

Jasper Newton Ballew married 3rd Emma Green.

Pulaski County, Arkansas, Marriages 1838-1999

3 Mar 1895

Jasper N. Ballew, 45 of Hurricane, Saline, Arkansas

Miss Emma Green, 18 of Hurricane, Saline, Arkansas

Emma (nee Green) Ballew was last recorded when she applied for her Civil War widow's pension in 1936 from Pulaski Co., AR

Jasper died at 517 Pine Street in Argenta (North Little Rock), Pulaski Co., AR, the home of his granddaughter and her husband, the former Lyda Alberta Ballew and Austin B. Thomas. Lydia was the daughter of John William Ballew and Dora Green.

Jasper's final resting place is found in his obit.